An Act for the Relief of E. B. Cook, Disbursing Officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration
Act No. 605, enacted on January 29, 1903, validates the payment made by E. B. Cook, a disbursing officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, to Dickson A. Everett for half of his salary, despite the absence of Everett's original appointment certificate. The Act confirms that Cook's payment of $93.75, made on May 14, 1902, was authorized and shall be credited to him. The legislation emphasizes the necessity for expedited passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- Act No. 605
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 29, 1903
ACT NO. 605
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF E. B. COOK, DISBURSING OFFICER FOR THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION
WHEREAS, E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, did, on the fourteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and two, pay the sum of ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents, money of the United States, to Dickson A. Everett, as half salary from April sixteenth to May twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, without presentation by said Everett of his original appointment to the Philippine civil service, and it now appearing from the correspondence on file that the employment of said Everett by the Bureau of Customs and Immigration was upon sufficient authority.
SECTION 1. The act of E. B. Cook, disbursing officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, in paying the sum of ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents, money of the United States, to Dickson A. Everett, as half salary from April sixteenth to May twelfth, nineteen hundred and two, without presentation of the original certificate of appointment, is hereby validated and approved, and the said Cook will be allowed credit on his books as disbursing officer for said sum.
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, January 29, 1903.
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An Act for the Relief of E. B. Cook, Disbursing Officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, Act No. 605, Jan 29, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act for the Relief of E. B. Cook, Disbursing Officer for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, Act No. 605 (Phil. 1903)
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